Continuous gauge



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CONTINUOUS GAUGE Filed Au 1, 1936 ZShets-Sheec 1 INVENTOR Spemeenfi. Terry ATTORNEY Nov. 22, 1938. s. a. TERRY CONTINUOUS GAUGE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 1, 1936 iNVENTOR 4w SPeacerZ-Trr ATTORNEY Patented Nov; 22,1938- CONTINUOUS GAUGE Spencer B. Terry, West Hartford, Conn, assignm- Niles-Bement-Pond Company.

Hartford,

- Com, a corporation of New Jersey Application August 1, 1930, Serial No. 93,887 Claims. 7 ('01. 33-141) This invention relates to dimension gauges and particularly to an improved form of work contacting members for a device continuously gauging the thickness of a strip of metal or other material 5, while it is being rolled or otherwise processed and while being rapidly traversed through the gauging members and past the gauge.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved and simplified gauging head including the work contacting members, and adjusting meanstherefor for continuously operating gauging devices similar to that shown and described in the patent to Terry 2,007,840 granted July 9, 1935. i i

l Another object of the invention is to provide an improved setting means for initially adjusting the gauge for various predetermined thicknesses of material and to provide completely selfcontained means forthat purpose forming a permanent part of the gauge.

With these and other objects in view, the invention may include the features of construction and operation set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings annexed hereto and forming a part of this specification, the invention is shownembodied in a particular form of gauge for gauging all types of metals either magnetic or non-magnetic while being rolled into relso 'atively thin sheets, but it will be understood that the invention can be otherwise embodied and that the drawings are not tobe construed as defining or limiting the scope of the invention, the'claims appended to this specification being relied upon 35 for that purpose. 7

In the drawings: r Figure 1-is a front elevation, partly in section,

of the complete gauging head shown in position .uponits supporting member.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of

"the parts shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a diagram of the preferred electric circuit which may be employed with the gauge.

In the above-mentioned drawings there is 4 shown but one embodiment of the invention which is now deemed preferable, but it is to be understood that changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the inven- 50 tion. a a

Briefly and in its preferred aspect, the inven tion may include the following principal parts: First, a body member; second, freely swinging parallel arms, each arm being attached pivotally 55 to saidmember at one end and having their opposite ends attached pivotally to a suitable sup porting member so that the body member may be moved in one direction while always maintainingparallel positions; third, a slide movable in said body portion; fourth, freely rotatable rolls mounted in said body portion and slide respectively in directly superposed relation to each other so that they may contact on opposite surfaces of the material being gauged; fifth, a gauge head having an armature therein movable limited distances between opposed induction coils, a rod engaging the armature at one end and adlustably fastened to the slide; sixth, an indicating micrometer on the slide engaging the rod at the opposite end from that in contact with the armature; and seventh, indicating'means electrically connected to'said coils and indicating varying positions of the armature and the slide carrying the upper roll,

Referring more in detail to the figures of the drawings, there is illustrated a complete gauge having a body portion I supported as shown in the figures by means of freely swinging parallelly, disposed links H. One end of eachlink II is suitably and pivotally attached to the gauge head l0 and the opposite end of each link H is pivotally attached to a suitable slidable supporting member l2. As the .means for supporting the gauge II by freely swinging links and the par- Rotatably supported within the lower portion of the body member 10 is a roll l6 fixed in positionbut free to rotate, the axis of rotation being horizontal and normal to the direction of motion of the strip W being gauged as indicated in the drawings. This roll it, as shown, may have a relatively narrow work engaging periphery and .may be supportedwithin suitable bearings provided in the body portion II on opposite sides of the roll. Disposed directly above the roll I6 is a secondsimllarly formed roll l1 rotatably mounted on a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of roll ll. This roll I1 is mounted on the lower end of the slide it so that raising and lowering of the slide l4 within the body member III will vary the distance between the'work engaging peripheries of the rolls l6 and H. To counteract the weight of the slide I4 and also to provide means for varying the pressure of roll I! against roll I there may be provided opposed springs I 8 within the slide ll disposed on opposite sides of a member ll secured directly to the work support ill and having pins about which the springs I! may be retained in place. The adjacent ends of springs I! bear against opposite surfaces of slide it and hold the springs I! under a light compressive pressure. By means of these springs I! the pressure of the upper roll ll mounted in the slide I 4 upon the fixed roll I in the body member Ill may be adjusted by clamping the member I! to the body member I in slightly diilerent elevated positions. Outstanding from the front face of the slide II and preferably formed integral therewith is a short armor projection 20 in which is disposed a vertical slidably mounted'rod member 2i which may be normally pressed vertically upward by means of a light spring. Clamping means 22 areprovided for this rod 2i; engaging the side of a thin sleeve 24 surrounding the rod 2| and enabling the rod 2i to be retained frictionally in any adjusted position for a purpose presently to be described.

, Above the rod 2| and with the lower end of its spindle 2i engaging the upper end surfaceof the rod 2| is an indicating micrometer 2D, the body portion of which is retained within another projection 21 formed integrallyon the slide ll.

By rotating the -micrometer spindle 25 in the usual manner to vary its adjustment, the verticalposition of the spindle 2i and rod 2| will be varied and its vertical position indicated. The rod 2| thus forms an extension to and moves with the micrometer spindle 2| in a direction directly toward and from the rolls II and l|.-

Mounted rigidly in fixed position on the body member II is a gauge head 8. shown more clearly in Fig. 2. Preferably the gaugehead Iii may be directly mounted upon a plate or member ll secured fixedly to the front face of the body member II in a positionto enclose the slide H. Within this gauge head I. is a flexibly mounted armature 22 forming the dimension: indicating means of the gauge, one end of which is free to move vertically as shown. An intermediate portion of this armature 22 contacts with the lower end of the rod 2| referred to above. A light spring 20' mounted within the gauge head I. presses against and forces the armature l2 upward. The movwith raising and lowering of theslide I with the rod 2| clamped in an'y adiusted position, the position. of the armature 22 will be corre spondingly varied within its range of movement. This raising and lowering of the slide ll will be occasioned by variations in thickness of the material 7W being gauged and this vertical movement of the slide it is made use of to determine the thickness or this material to extremely close limitsfor dimensions. with adjustments of the micrometer 28 to apredetermined dimension, the

. separation between the rolls I and I1 and the thickness of the material will correspond thereto when the armature I2 is disposed centrally between the coils l3. Variations from this position of the armature 32 may be indicated to an extremely high precision by the indicating means including an electric indicating instrument 34 associated within the electric circuit of which the coils 33 form a part.

To initially adjust the gauge so that the micrometer indications 35 will correctly indicate the thickness of the material W being gauged the rolls l6 and H are placed in contact with each other and the clamp 23 for rod 2i is released. The vertical position of the micrometer body portion 26 is then fixed rigidly in place by nut 26 and the spindle 25 is raised or lowered as required until the armature 32 is brought to a position in which the electric instrument 34 is at zero. The micrometer thimble 31 is then ad- Justed by releasing its clamping screw 38 and resetting the thimble so that its zero is in salinement with the reference line on the body mem- -ber.

With the micrometer thimble I1 and spindle 25 adjusted so that its zero corresponds with the zero position of the roll *ll then each adjusted position of the micrometer will correctly indicate the separation betweenrolls I and I! for all dimensions.

Preferably the diagram shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings may include a plate rectifier 39 and a transformer 40. As this arrangement of circuits forms no part of the present invention it is not thought that further description will be necessary;

What I claim is:

1. A gauge comprising in combination, a body member, a slide movable within said body member, work contacting members on said body member and slide respectively, an indicating micrometer secured to said slide, a rod forming an extension to the micrometer spindle, and indicating means for the position of said slide, said means including a flexibly mounted armature supported on said body member for limited movement and engaging the opposite end of said rod whereby said armature is moved by movements of said slide, and an electric indicating instrument responsive to movements of said armature.

2. A continuous gauge comprising in combination, a body member, a slide movable within said body member, work contacting rolls on said body member and slide respectively, an indicating micrometer having its body portion secured to said slide, a spindle for said micrometer having an extension, and indicating means for determining the position of said slide, said means including a flexibly mounted armature supported on said body memberv and engaging the opposite end of said extension.

3. A continuous gauge comprising in combination, a body member, a slide movable within said body member, work contacting rolls. on said body member and slide respectively, an indicating micrometer having its body portion secured to said slide, a spindle for said micrometer having an extension, indicating means for determining the position of said slide, said means including a flexibly mounted armature supported on said body member and engaging the opposite end of said extension, and'an electric indicating instrument connected and responding to movements 01' the armature of said indicating means.

4. A continuous gauge comprising in combination, a body member, means to support said body member for free bodily movement in one direction, a slide movable within said body member, work engaging rolls on said body member and slide respectively, an indicating micrometer secured to i said slide, a rod adjustable within said slide and contacting at one end with the spindle 01 said micrometenand indicating means for the position of said slide, said means including a flexibly mounted armature supported on said body member and engaging the opposite end of said rod. opposed coils on said body member between which said armature is movable, and an indicating instrument responsive to variations in the position or said armature between said coils.

5. A continuousgauge comprising in combination, a body member, means to support said body member for free bodily movement in one direcnon, a slidemovabie within said body member; work engaging rolls on said bodymemberand slide respectively, an indicating micrometer secured to said slide, a rod adjustable within said slide and contacting at one end with the spindle of said micrometer, an armature supported on said body member and engaging and moving with said movements of said slide, induction coils disposed on opposite sides of said armature, and indicating means electrically connected to said coils to determine variations in position 01' said armature 

